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Straps & Jfads. j
The business of breeding rats is said j
10 be carried on in New York?kid gloves ;
are made out of their skins.
Mr. Dubois, the accoucheur who at-,
tended the Empress of France in her confinement,
is to receive one hundred thousand j
dollars for his services!
'Julius, was you ever in business !'? !
'Tn course I was.' <What business?' ?A j
sugar planter!' '"When was dat, my color- j
ed friend ?' 'Der day I berried dat old j
sweet-heart of mine.'
' A negro woman called Sally, belong- j
inji to Mr. G rider, near Napoleon, Arkansas, |
gave birth a few days since to live children,
three girls and two boys.
It is stated that Sharp's rifles sell in
Kansas for a trifle. Some keen Yaukees
there, the Dayton Empire informs U3, have
been buying them up, almost from the first
month of their introduction, shipping them
East, and re-selling them to the humbugged,
to be again sent back as "aid to Kansas."
It is supposed that a large number of these
famous weapons have been paid for by the
Keechers and others half a dozen times
over.
The Greenville Patriot and Mountaineer
says that "trading with slaves seems
to be a very eommon offence iu Spartanburg,"
and designates it as a "nuisance and a curse.'
Too much of this thing is premitted in all
the districts and so long as slaves are allowed
to hire their own time, become master
workmen and contractors, it is worse than
folly to attempt to carry the very wholesome
laws of the State into effect. The fault lies
with the slave owner, and will never be corrected
until the present system of allowing
.slaves to compete with free white men in all
mechanical pursuits is abrogated.
Governor Robinson, of Kansas, just
previous to his departure from Boston, April
t?, met a number of gentlemen, members of
the Legislature and others, at the rooms of
the Emigrant Aid Society. He expressed
very decidedly the opinion that the safety of
Kansas as a free State depends upon defeating
Mr. Douglas' bill for anew constitutional
convention, as, under the present administration
and its bogus laws, there would be no
chance of securing a fair election. Mr.
Atchison, who, he said, is President, as far
as Kansas is concerned, is reported to have
three million dollars at bis command to force
slavery into Kansas.
A Kansas letter in the St. Louis Republican,
dated the 25th ult., says: 'The legislature
of Topeka was a miserable and ludicious
abortion, and its members are hiding
themselves from judicial processes like
frightened ostriches. Some have fled to
Iowa, some to Missouri, and the rest are hiding
their heads in the bushes, in the vain
hope of security. The Grand Jury of the
Circuit Court, under the instruction of
Judge Lecompte, have indicted not only the
members, but all the judges of elections;
and it is the intention of bis honor, at his
term in Douglas, which begins next week,
to have bills fround against Governor Robinson,
Lieut. Gevernor Roberts, and all the executive
officers."
The actual state of the case in regard
to Mount Vernon, appears to be this?that,
Mr. Washington has indicated his willingness
to sell to the state of Virginia, and not
otherwise, and that, therefore, as regards all
other parties, Monut Vernon is not for 3ale, ,
as stated by him in a recent letter to some .
parties in South Carolina, which statement (
has caused some considerable sensation.? (
From the publications in the Virginia pa- j
pers, we feel pretty certain that, if the funds i
should be raised, no difficulty need be ap- j
prehended. It was to Mrs. Maria S. Wofford
of South Carolina, that Mr. Washington's
letter was addressed, in which he sta- j
t*d that Mount Vernon was not for sale.
1
The Rev. Sidney Smith once said, in ,
writing of kissing : "We are in favor of a ,
certain of degree shyness when a kiss is pro- j
posed, but it should not be continued too i
long, and when the fair one gives it, let it i
be administered with warmth and energy, j
Let there be soul in it. If she closes her U
eyes, and sighs deeply immediately after it, j
the effect is greater. She should be careful I
not to slobber a kiss, but give it as a humming
bird runs his bill into a honeysuckle
?deep but delicate. There is much virtue i
in a kiss when well delivered. We have yet
the memory of one we received in youth, j
which has lasted us forty years, and we be- j
lieve that it will he one of the last things we !
will think of when we die."
That an heir to the house of the pres-1
at Kmperor of France is born, is known'
by this time throughout the civilized world,
hut the question will be asked, is he heir to ,
the throne of France ? Most of our readers j
have probably forgotten, that the three most j
considerable of the continental powers of!
Kurope, exclusive of France, some time j
.since settled that question for themselves.?
They determined for years ago, that no male
descendant of Louis Napoleon should be re- j
yarded as the heir apparent of his crown, j
The empire, according to this arrange- !
rncnt, was to be Louis Napoleon's only for j
life; when he died, Russia, Austria and j
JTussia pledged their word to each other i
(to restore the legitimate heir of the throne,' j
and to recognize no other. The treaty in ;
which this declaration was embodied and
these pledges made, was signed at Warsaw
in march, 1852, by Austria,. Prussia and
Russia.?Xet'j York Evening Post.
A correspondent of the Austrian Gazette
states?and the report is confirmed by
similar statements in other German papers
?that typhus fever is making terrible havoc
in Southern Russia. Among the troops
and militia stationed in Odessa and vicinity,
it rages with frightful mortality, and is
spreading among the population to such an j
extent that all the hospitals, and many private
dwellings, are filled with the sick, |
of whom a vast number die daily. More j
than twenty thousands soldiers are in the ;
hospitals, and thousands have already died. |
Among the victims, there were in one week
twelve army surgeons and four physicians,
of whom two were American, who had made
preparations to return home. In the city proper,
some fifteen hundred families are plunged
into the deepest poverty, and committees
have been appointed to supply them with
ood, clothing and fuel; even among the better
classes great distress prevails, and the
desire for peace is universal. Not only Odessa,
but all Southern Russia, in the vicinity
of the seat of war, is decimated by this'
frightful scourge. Baktscbiserni, Simph-;
eropol, Cherson and particularly Nicoielieff, j
are almost depopulated. Bessarabia is like
wise threatened with a visitation of the disease.
The number of victims up to the
latest dates was estimated at not less than
100,000.
It is thought, by some that when the
Sheriff enters Lawrence to arrest the 'State'
functionaries there will be resistance and
bloodshed; but I apprehend nothing of the
kind. The farcical attempt to hold a legislature
and the ridiculous pretensions that
have been made to amend the laws of the
Territory and set up an independent government
to supersede the preseut, have disgusted
many of their own party, who see the
absurdi.y and utter futility of all such efforts,
and are determined henceforth to recognize
the existing authorities. Besides
which, many of the people of the North who
came hero with the strougest prejudices
against slavery, have seen the error into
which a one sided view of the subject had
led them, and are now its warmest advocates,
not only on tbegrouud of profit and convenience,
but of utility and humanity. They
have occular aud experimeueal demonstrations
that it is better, both for the whites
and blacks. And, then, too, the accession
of population from the South is growing
so large, is so constant, and of so high and
controlling a character, that the question is
definitely settled. The only excitement we
hear of now is at the East. We have none
here.?Kcuisas Paper.
Cjjeftor kliille (t&nqnirer
EDITED BY
SAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 17,1856.
THE FIRST FRUITS.
Our kind friend, Mrs. James Jefferys, has sent
us several specimens of first fruit9 in the shape
of eatably-sized radishes, from thegarden;?agaiu
winning the premium in this most important department
of housewifery. Thanks.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
A correspondent writes to us of an escape from
death which comes nearer a miracle than any we
have, in these latter times, seen on record. Wednesday
before last, while the little son of Rev. J.
A. Hili., of Catawba Church, was at play, he ac
cidentally fell into a well, forty feet in depth. No
efficient help being at hand, a young man at work
on the plantation was sent for, who descended the
well and to the astonishment of all brought out
the little fellow, alive, hearty and without the
slightest injury! Considering tho fact that the
brave lad was but three or four years old, and,
besides, a native-born American, we think he deserves
to be canonized along with, if not above, the
(Jhe tier Standard's hero. Where's Cassaday?
COTTON SAW GINS.
Mr. J vmf.9 M. Elliott, Winnsboro', has purchased
the establishment of Wm. Campbell, and
notifies the public that he is prepared to manufacture
Cotton Saw Gins of the best material &c. In
a private note to us he says: " The Gins I expect
to build will be an improvement on the Campbell
Gins, which are well and favourably known
in your District." See advertisement.
NORTH CAROLINA CONVENTIONS.
The Convention of the American Party met in
Greensboro', N. C., last week, and nominated
John A. Gilmer, Esq., of Guilford county, as
their candidate for Governor, and John C. Cameron
and J. Carmichael, Esqrs., Presidential
Electors for the State at large.
From the tone of the North Carolina papers we
take it that Governor Bragg will be nominated for
re-election by the Democracy. Both parties are
fathering up their forces, and the contest promises
to be spirited and warmly contested.
DORA.
If the render has a heart to respond to the
touches of the pure thought, the chaste and delicate
sentiment, and the sweetly-flowing accent in
genuine poetry, we shall have sympathy in ac
knowledgmg guv thank? to air. t aluwell, ior
the gem we have "set'' in this week's paper. Out
of the sometimes over-abundance of our better
nature, we now and then give way to extravagant
words of praise: but the reader will bear us out
that "Dora'' needs 110 commendation of ours?
nothing save its own native coloring. Can any
inter-weaving of twin-thoughts be more touchingly
beautiful than this ??
"Now, when brightest Morn awaking
Smiles o'er meadow, lake and lea,
By A er grave 1 watch heart-breaking?
Far more fair than Morn was she !
And, when shadowy twilight closes,
Bringing gloom o'er earth and sky,
Watch I, where her form 1 eposes?
Night is not as dark as 11"
TIX MANUFACTORIES.
It will be seen that Mr. J. Newton Lewis has
established an extensive Tin and Sheet-Iron Manufactory,
in the first-story of the brick building
attached to Walker's Hotel. He has furnished
his shop with the necessary machinery, and employed
the services of several bands under the direction
of Mr. A. J. Brown, who is said to be
an excellent workman. Those in search of such
articles will find in this establishment a general
variety of Tin, Sheet-Iron, and Japanned-Ware
&c. Notice the advertisement.
Messrs. Lewis & Kerr, also, notify their friends
and customers that they arc "at the same old
stand," roady to supply all orders in their line,
and particularly desirous of continuing in the service
of the country. They are Tvell known as experienced
aud skillful workmen, and we need only
to direct attention to their card.
ADAMS, McCORKLE <fc CO.
This long and favorably known establishment
has^ recently beeu replenished with a fine assortment
of goods for the season, selected with all the
skill and good taste which our friend Col. McCorkle
has at command. Besides a verygencrel
stock of articles in this line, the Col. has brought
on a supply of Fancy and Dress Goods, which a
lady-friend of ours pronounces, not only beautiful
and captivating but, positivety unsurpassedOf
course this information is conclusive, and we
leave it to the fairer portion of our readers to profit
by it. Call and see.
"STILL THEY COME !"
We have, this week, the cheering intelligence
of public meetings held in Laurens, Abbeville,
Lexington and Barnwell districts, at which delegates
were appointed to the May Convention, in
Columbia. Good. This gives us twenty districts,
and the benefit of a most decided majority. Ground
your arms, gentlemen of the "conservative" wing,
and go with us. But it is not in our temper to
"crow over a fallen enemyand we merely intend
to dot down the particulars.
The meeting at Laurens was organized by calling
Charles Williams, esq., to the Chair, and appointing
II. P. Farley, Secretary. Resolutions
were adopted in favor of the Convention, and the
following gentlemen appointed delegates to Columbia:
C. P. Sullivan, esq., Dr. J. II. Dillard,
Dr. M. M. Hunter, Capt. B. F. Jones, W. A. Boulwnre,
esq., Joel Smith, M. P. Evans, esq., Martin
Wallace, Wm. Mills, jr., W. It. Farley, Wm.
Power, esq., Wm. Philson, II. P. Farrow, Dr.
Samuel Hunter, Opt. G. W. Sullivan. S. R. Todd,
I
John Garlington, esq.. L. G. Williams, Dr. J. I\
Watts, Wm. Metts, Dr. James Ware, Dr. John A.
Metts, Rev. D. Wills, Dr. 11. K. Campbell, Dr.
Wm. Phillips, Dr. E. Boho.
I At the Abbeville meeting, the following delei
gates were appointed: Thos. Thomson, Esq., Gen.
i S. McGowan, Dr. P. W. Connor. Dr. J. W. W.
| Marshall, Dr. S. V. Cain, Col. B. Z. Herndon,
I Hon. A. Bart, Jno. II. Wilson, E. Noble, II. A.
'Jones. And in Barnwell: Hon. John E. Tobin.
! Hon. James Pattersou, Hon. J. Duncan Allen,
j Col. Thomas Raysor, Dr. B. W. I.awton, Dr. Sunil.
I B. Graham, Geo. W. Moye, Esq., Jas. C. Brown,
j Esq., W. M. Hunter, Esq., J. Jennings Brown,
; Esq., Rutherford Oakruan, Esq., Dr. J. Allen
j Duncan. The chairman of the Lexington meeting
! was empowered to appoiut six delegates at his
j leisure.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES.
From the communications in another column of
' this paper, the reader will obtain an account of
j several important discoveries of copper mines in
1 |.? \r.. t
! UUl* l^isiiACb, UJ mi. mi.unn, mvtjiuiv vwtv^iw.?
j one in the neighborhood of Hill's Old Iron Works,
I and others about five miles from Yorkville, near
the Wright's Ferry road. Should further examinations
result in accordance with Mr. Liebkb's
confident expectations, the advantages to accrue
from this discovery are great beyond estimate;
and if we are to judge anything from the very
rich specimens which Mr. Lieber has had the kindness
toleavewith us, the promise is truly flattering.
A lease has already been made of those nearest
Yorkville; and wc are pleased to learn that ar
rnngements will ultimately be effected for a thor1
ough and satisfactory test of their value.
Mr. Lif.ber is now engaged in the work of a
complete Geological, Mincrnlogical and Agricultural
survey of our District; and ns the results oj
his labors are very important, both in a practical
and a scientific point of view, we trust that our
citizens in the several neighborhoods lie may visit
will be prompt to afford him every possible facility.
As Mr. Lieber has kindly consented to communicate
to us information of his progress through
the District, our renders may expect again to hear
of him.
THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
We have received an Extra from the office oi
the "South Carolina Agriculturist," containing
the proceedings of the Executive Committee o(
the State Agricultural Society, held on the 4th
and 6th of March, together with the Premium
List for the first Annual Fair, to be held in Columbia
on the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th of November,
next. The List embraces, among numerous other
items, the several kinds of Field Crops; Domestic
Animals, of the various approved breeds ; the productions
of the poultry-yard, dairy, and household
department; domestic manufactures; needle, shell
and fancy work; manufactures, other than domestic
; the orchard and nursery; arboriculture, floriculture
and horticulture; farming implements ;
machinery; manufactures in wood, iron, leather,
stone and marble; chemical manufactures, oils,
cement, minerals &c.; sculpture and painting &c.
&c. The Premiums offer inducements to almost
every branch of productive industry, and will
doubtless collect together a grand exhibition of
the products of home labor, which it will be worth
one's while to witness. The Society thus far, we
are glad to see, promises to do a good service.
The first number of the new paper, under the
editorial charge of Col. SrMMt.it, will be issued on
the first of May. Send on your subscriptions ?
SI per annum: and besides aiding in a truly noble
work, get over and over the worth of your
money.
IMPROVING.
The Sumter Watchman and the Salisbury (N. C.,)
Republican Banner came to us last week decked
out in entirely new and becoming apparel. The
interest of Mr. Collins iu the latter journal has
been transferred to Mr. G. II. Spencer, who will
hereafter be associated iu the editorial department
with Mr. Cannon. We are much gratified to observe
these indications of the prosperity of our
country press, auJ we take pleasure iu extending
to our cotemporfl) ies the heartiest congratulations.
POLITIC AI..
During the past fortnight, the proceedings iu
Congress Lave been mnrked by no feature worthy
of record, save, perhaps, the action of both Houses
in regard to the bogus State of Kansas. The
reader will remember that the Topeca Convention,
made up exclusively of free-soilers, ndopted a
State Constitution, elected I'nitcd States Senators
?Col. Lank and Gov. Rf.f.dkr?drew up a memorial
to the Congress asking the admission of
Kansas as a State under their organization, and,
finally, dispersed in hot haste before the warrants
issued by Gov. Shannon could reach their " seat
I of government." This memorial was forthwith
1 despatched to Washington, and was presented
with all that unblushing effrontery which belongs
to such fanaticism, in the House by Mr. Woon. of
1 Indiana, aud in the Senate by Gen. Cass.
The Semite gave it a befitting reception: after
; a short debate, that body refused, by a uote of
j .10against 11, to take it into consideration; nnd it
| was accordingly returned whence it came. Not
I so in the House, however, as a matter of course.
; There the memorial was referred to the Comniitj
tee on Territories, who will soon report a bill in
conformity thereto. Thus the discussion, silenced
for a time by the action of the House appointing
the Kansas Committee, is to be resumed,
and the bill is to be made the first and the last, the
mighty and absorbing issue of the session. The
Republicans arc bold to avow their determination,
! by withholding supplies as a final resort, to force
! their new State upon the country; but it is not
| yet a fixed matter that it cau even command the
majority in the House. Certain it is, the Senate
will not be driven forcibly into such a measure;
and wc mistake the signs if, on the other hand,
j their Kansas state dm, introduced r>y juuge e>oi>
i cms, is not destined to be the key to the ultimate
' action of both Houses.
In addition to this, the Central American ques|
tion, the Deficiency Bill, several contested election
leases, and "the State of the Union" generally,
; have in succession been on the tapis. On the last
j named topic, which everybody knows includes
I " everything in general and uothing in particular,"
I our gallant young Congressman, Col. Keitt, made
; a dashing, eloquent and effective speech, presenting,
in his own peculiarly forcible style, the South!
em view of the various questions of domestic
, and foreign policy now before the country. On
| our relations with Great Britain, Mr. Boyce made
| a speech, recently, of which the correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun, excellent authority, speaks
thus: "Among the most ablo of the speeches
lately delivered in the House, is that of Mr. Boyce
of South Carolina, made yesterday, on the subject
| of our relations with Great Britain. Much as the
subject has been discussed in the Senate, it has
j occupied but very little of the attention of the
House. Mr. Boyce vindicates the correctness of
i our position, .both on the enlistment and Central
American questions ; but he deprecates a resort
] to war, and proposes 'settlement by self-adjusting
| negotiation, long drawn out, if practical, and, as
; a last resort, negotiation nugatory, arbitration.'"
i We have not yet found leisure to bestow a careful
I reading upon this effort of our representative ; but
! a hasty glauce hus been sufficient to induce U9 to
! respond to the high encomiums it has received
' from our contemporaries. Mr. Boyce always
preseuts a concise, but clear, well-digested, logical
argument; and in this effort he has not fallen
below his enviable standard. If our spaco per
mits, we shall publish it entire. ' Meantime, the
subjoined striking appeal in behalf of pence and
its fruits, will bear repetition :?
"The sword has been canonized long enough.
Let us build altnrsto peace, and worship at that
i shrine. Humauity will rejoice, history will ap|
plaud, and posterity will thank us. If we must
contest with England for the dominion of the world,
! let it not be with the sword. Let it be with the
j plough, the ship and the loom. Let us surpass her
in the arts of peace. Let us develop our empire
in the wilderness. Let our colonists spread them*
[ selves to the summit of our Cordilleras, intermingj
ling their human currents there with the reflux
. tides from the Pacific. Let us dispel the silence
! of those mountain fastnesses with the hum of huj
mau industry. Let knowledge, with her celestial
I lamp, illuminate every nook of our vast possession,
I and let virtue and happiness follow in her train,
j Let the bosom of our mother earth be adorned
I with her exuberant productions. Let the wheels
of industry revolve perpetually and universally,
j Let our ships whiten every sea. Let our roads ol'
! iron penetrate the land. Let us idealize the very
Lcontinent with our magnetic writes, and make the
) earth instinct with thought. Peace has her tri{
umphs of more enduring glory that those of war.
j Let us seek them. Let us be the advanced guard
I of civilization, passing onward, and yet onward,
| 'Excelsior' inscribed upon our motto, "The greu
| test. huppiness of the greatest number.'' Tiicn
! will our triumph over England be complete; for it
j will lmvc no drawbacks; it will not be made npof
human misery; it will not be bewailed by the sighs
| and tears of outraged humanity, nor disfigured
| with the blood of 'human sacrifice.'"
As an inevitable result of the schism in their
j National Convention, the American party, with
Fillmore and Donnelson, is surely wasting away
J and gradually taking a secondary position, that
I of a mere faction in the list ot parties. The nomi!
nations and the platform have alike been repudiai
ted at tbe North; and at the South, their support
I is feeble; for the truth has come home to the
I Southern people, that no minor issues can no^ be
tolerated to the prejudice of our domestic institution.
But while the American party dwindles nway,
tbe Republicans are just as surely approaching
the position of a formidable antagonist. .Sedulously
but cautiously, feeling for every step ot
the way, throwing aside every other weight and
taking up the solitary battle-cry, the foes ot slavery
are maturing their plans to effect a perfect organization
of their party, and bring to bear upon
' the contest every energy within their control.?
: Their Convention is to be held on the 17th of June
next, and invitations have been extended to all
parties opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Com,
promise, and in favor of the Wilmot Proviso and
. the admission of Kansas only as a free State.?
Their great leader, Seward, has surrendered all
hopes of securing the nomination for himself and,
looking to his time in 18C0, is heart-and-hand
ready to battle for the nominee whoever he may
, be. Among the aspirants, Mr. Banks, the Speaker,
is prominent; next, Lieut. Col. Jons C. Fremont,
of California notoriety. We have seen nc
indications of the political opinions of Fremont ;
but we could hope for the honor of our State, ol
which he is, perhaps, an unworthy s6n, that he
will not be found in the ranks of her worst enemies.
"Oh ! what a fall was there, my countrymen!"
But, to come to the truth, the more astute memi
b^rs of the Republican party really entertain no
hope of victory in the approaching canvass, and
are looking to it rather us a means of consolidating
their power for the campaign of I860. If
the Democratic party remains true to itself, success
is certain. It therefore becomes a matter of
most absorbing interest?a question which is now
agitating both rank and file in the Democratic
army?who is to be the successful competitor for
the nomination by the Cincinnati Convention, and
per consequence, the next President. Gen. Pierce
and Mr. Buchanan nre regarded as the prominent
contestants; Judge Douglas is coming forward
rapidly, while Wise and Hunter, of Virginia,
Dallas, of Pennsylvania, Bitler and Orr, of our
own State, and Democrats of smaller dimensions
ad infinitum, bring up the rear. The plots and
counter-plots, wire-pulling here and wire-pulling
there, the schemings now and the manceuverings
then, the cajolings on one hand and the most rancorous
vituperations on the other?all these are, to
say the least of it, very curious to behold ! The
friends of Oen. Pierce clnim for him a plurality
I of the votes on the first ballotting ; but it is to be
feared that the influences to be brought against
him will finally secure his defeat. Against him,
Mr. Buchanan's friends are making tremendous
exertions. Letter-writers in abundance have been
bribed to manufacture public opinion in his behalf,
and, if one would believe their money-scented
stuff, Mr. Pierce's prospects arejmost gloomy,
and no one besides Mr. Buchanan can possibly
be thought of. Pennsylvania has of course declared
for him, and, if Mr. Wise cau rule, Virginia
will follow. On the other hand, the other
Southern States are coming np bravely, with Hunter
and Douglas, to the aid of the President, and
?to come to the point, it would puzzle a veritable
prophet of old to unravel all the intricacies with
j which the issue is involved, and search out from
I the confused, tangled mass, a single individual
| lucky enough to be looked at!
Heretofore, Mr. Buchanan's views upon the
j present aspect of the slavery issue have not been
I made public, and much interest has been felt to
ascertain the position lie would assume. Inas|
much ns the Nebraska Bill is the point upon which
j the Democracy have hinged their entire hopes of
success, he certainly would uot throw away his
chance.1- for the nomination by refusing to adhere
to the test. But every one has been curious to
know how far he would be willing to endorse that
act of legislation. The following paragraph from
. i- c\t.. r> ~a
u letier ui :?n*. i?. iu unnuvt oj.n'Mib, umcu at
London tlic 28th December Inst, gives us the cue.
We don't like the ring of it; it doesn't sound to
Southern enrs with the "metallic twang" of
Pierce's Message or Douglas's Report. We want
no half-way leaders in the battle we have to fight.
Wc would have preferred to hear something more
of the propriety of Nebraska measure, in the first
instance. But here is the document:?
"The question has been settled by Congress,
and this settlement should be inflexibly maintained.
The Missouri Compromise is gone, and gone forever.
But no assault should be made upon those
democrats who maintained it, provided they are
now willing in good faith to mnintain the settlement
as it exists. Such an understanding is wise
just in itself. It is well known how I labored in
company with Southern men to have this line extended
to the Pacific ocean. But it has departed.
Tho time for it has passed away, and I verily believe
that the best?nay, the only?mode now left
of putting down the fanatical and reckless spirit
of abolition at the North, is to adhere to the existing
settlement without the slightest thought or
appearance of wavering, and without regarding
any storm which may be raised against it."
MERE-MENTION.
Read the story on our first page?the "Shotin
' the Eye." It is a thrilling recital of one nmong
the stories which make up the stirring history of
life in the far West Favorable advices have
been received from tho Plains, stating that Gen.
Harney had arranged definite terms of peace with
nearly all the Indian tribes Friday night before
last, the silver-smith shop of C. R. Hanneman,
in Chester, was broken open, and a dozen watches
' stolen. No clue has been obtained ub to the whereabouts
of the rogue About $700 dollars have
, been subscribed, in aid of the Kansas cause, at
Chester, and the Standard hopes soon to be ablo
to report the raising of at least $4000 Mr.
Glnr, fOAimtlu a rM-aooasl lha oitilAnQ flf NCW IfftVen.
ViUViWVUHJ ?VI\4?VOdW VUV J
Connecticut, in behalf of the National Democracy.
, Tho Rff/iitersnjs:?" We wish every Abolitionist
in the State could have heard the masterly and
eloquent defeuee of the constitution, by this able
Carolinian, last evening. Frank and firm in his
opinions, he maintained them with such earnestness
and sincerity, that commanded the respect of
even those who were too fanatical to be convinced
The Democracy responded to him with a true and
cordial sympathy. " No North, no South?nothing
but the Constitution," was the "sentiment of the
i speaker aud his audience.-'
At a meeting of the Faculty of the South Cnro!
Una College, last week, the following members of
j the Senior class were appointed to deliver speeches
at the May Exhibition0. K. Coit, Cheraw;
II. Covington, Marlboro"; 0. M. Fairlee, Marion;
L. 11. Hallonquist, llarnwell : G. N. Lieber, Columbia;
J. B. Lyle, Vork; T. A. Middleton,
Georgetown; R. M. Tuft, Charleston; W. II. |
Whitnor, Anderson; J.C. Winsmith, Spartanburg: i
J. E. Way, Hinesville, Ga The Carolinian j
states that the President of the Charlotte and S. ,
C. Railroad has made arrangements to supply I
throuyh-ticketa to Goldsboro", on the Weldon road, '
for ten dollars Every vessel from our ports j
to Nicaragua carries out a number of recruits for
Walker's army. Last week, two hundred went in
the steamer, Charles Moryan, under the command
of Gen. Hobssby The Carolina Times has
an item from Sumterville, which gives us an alarming
intimation of " treason in the camp." It becomes
us now to keep close watch even upon the
best of those, whose sympathies may at any time
have been against us. Look out! Hear front
Sumter: "On Tuesday night we were all thrown
into a state of excitement by the apprehension of
one of our quasi merchants for negro stealing.?
The negroes are returned, and the parties who
were concerned in their purchase will bear testimony
in the case. Perhaps it is not proper I should
say more before the trial, as a good deal of excitement
has prevailed in this vicinity, for some weeks,
on account of the frequent and mysterious disappearing
of slaves from their owners. The accused
will be put upon bis trial next week, unless his
counsel make a strong showing for its postponement
A terribly destructive tornado swept
over the city of Philadelphia, Saturday last, unroofing
many houses, totally demolishing the
Franklin Tron Works, and greatly endangering
life and limb. In the interior, the storm was
! equaiiy destructive, ami .*evcriu n?cf rveic i<?i.
PARAGRAPHS AND POETRY.
Editing a newspaper is not like acting a play?
i not a bit of itbut it nevertheless strikes its
that it would not be a bad idea for us to take a
. cue from "the bonrcls," and indulge at times in a
| sort of under-toned "aside" talk?a kind of wbis.
pering intended only for those who can conven|
iently hear it. SomB things cannot be told outright,
which read charmingly under the modest
I veiling of a side-head. For instance the following
> brace of couplets, an exemplification of Mr.
. Simms' idea of
Poetry nud the Practical?
The gleam of her eye was bright.
The gleam of her gold was brighter,
The first was a beautiful sight,
' The second a beautiful sighter.
i But we have something for the "aside" column,
better than that?more in keeping, at any rate,
with this gossip-loving town of ours. Did it ever
occur to you, reader, that (though you didn't mean
i it) a light tone of yours has perhaps winged its
way to rankle, a thing of poison, in some pure,
gentle, unsuspecting heart? 'Whether it be so or
' not, the following sweet yet simple lines by Mrs.
Osgood, will ipeak a volnme to you, which will
' teach you to avoid the word? of idle, envious, censuring
Gosfclplug t
A whisper woke the air?
A*soft light tone and low,
Yet barb'd with shame and woe?
Now, might it only perish there !
; Nor farther go.
Ah, me! a quick and eager ear
Caught up the meaning sound !
Another voice has breathed it clear,
And so it wauders round,
From car to lip?from lip to ear,
Until it reached a gentle heart,
v And that?it broke!
While dealing in gems of poetry, we have all at
once bethought ourselves of a piece of it, which
has been for several weeks on our table, patiently
biding its time; and we hasten to send it out, with
a wager that the luxuriant imagination of a new
. i i-i ,..i. ?
people never uruugui uuu jirvuuvuvu .-u
, ly put together as is this inventory of the vegetable
and humanly resources of the lone-star State!
Now, if we thought the author would thereby be
induced to make a business of writing poetry, we
might not deal lenienly with him. We really have
no such fears, however; and we kindly give him
over to fame, without one single compunction of
conscience. The poem came to us from
Away Here In Texas.
Away here in Texas, the bright, Sunny South
The cold storms of Winter defies,
The dark, lurid clouds that envelop the North
Seldom darken our beautiful skies.
Away here in Texas, the sun shines bright,
The stars in calm beauty appear,
The full moon in splendor illumines the night,
The reasons roll round with the year !
Away here in Texas, we have beautiful flowers,
Peculiarly brilliant and gay;
The birds with their music beguile the dark hours,
And enchantingly sing all the day.
Away here in Texas, the whitecotton-fields
Are like plains that are covered with snow;
Acorns in abundance the teeming earth yields,
And outs most luxuriantly grow!
Away here in Texas, potatoes do well!
Turnips and callage likewise!
Pens, beans and melons all nature excel.
And pumpkins obtain a fair size!
Away herein Texas, we've grass very fine?
Water-melons and hickory-nuts, too;
We've "haws" and we'vealso thesweet muscadine,
And berries, the "black" and the "dew."
Away here in Texas, we've all sorts of game,
That's found in the temperate clime;
We've wood on the hills and grass on the plains,
To shelter and fatten the kine.
Away here in Texas, we've all kinds of people,
From the gent' and the belle to the slave?
From the grand highfalutin' as tall as a steeple,
To the veriest droll and the knave.
Away here in Texas, the Doctors are poor,
They must either work hard, beg or steal;
me ciimme a so neuuuy unu uuuriuiugiy pure,
Afflictions we scarce ever feel.
\
Away here in Texas, the Methodists thrive,
Presbyterians, the Old and the New,
And Baptists?all souls are engaged in the drive?
The disciples of Campbell are few.
Away here in Texas, a stranger I roam,
Unknown to all but a few,
I still live in hopes of a far better home,
When I take my last, parting adieu.
Away here in Texas, my journey shall end,
My body must rest in the ground,
But I hope to arise and heaven-ward ascend,
When the last, pealing trumpet shall sound!
Now for a prosy item. It would be pleasant if
ladies would only think, and by their actions acknowledge,
that the deforence which gentlemen
are want to pay to their sex, is a matter of courtesy,
rather than of right. Because they do not thus
deem it, we have more than once been made to
hang our head and blush for our countrywomen.
We have seen the beautyful tyrants enter the concert-room,
say; take their way directly to the best
seat in the apartment; plant themselves in front
of a biped who had perhaps come early to secure
it; and, looking daggers at him for not more
promptly yielding at the first dawning of their
presence, take his place without a word, a smile,
or a look of pleasantness, to reward the knight for
his service. Why, the semi-barbarous creatures
of the middle ages knew better than that, how to
act the lady; and could they incarnate themselves,
would hesitate to own their sisters of the nineteenth
century! Cough, the world-renounced temperance
lecturer, put these thoughts into our head, by
the following paragraph of his on
PolUencai In America.
"It was told me in England that it was necessary
for a lftdy who wished to travel through Eu
rope, to always be accompanied by a gentleman,
to prevent her from all rudeness, and even actual
insult. 1 told tliem that here, in the United States j
a lady could travel from Maine to Louisiana, and j
be treated, with the greatest politeness. (Ap- ;
] planse. ) Now, ladies, I have frequently noticed
that when?especially in public assemblies?some
i of you have been offered seats, which, as a matter I
; courtesy, you n/iould occupy, instead of politely
saying. *1 thank you sir, for your kindness,' you
: have dropped into the vacated seat, with ap- j
1 parently offrndtd air, as much as to say, 'Ton
impudent puppy, you!' (Applause.) Now. la-j
dies, the uexttiuie a gentleman offers you a seat, j
if you will only put on one of your prettiest smiles, ,
and say, 'I thank you, sir!' depend upnn it a man ,
can stand all night, and never know he ha* any .
ltg*r
How it cheers us along in our labors, to hear of <
some friend, at home or abroad, speaking to us or in |
our behalf a pleasant word of encouragement! i
Here is one of these kind smiles, all the more to j
be appreciated as itcoiues from a city journal, the i
reading of which will perhaps stir you up. reader, J
to
Support Your Home Paper t
"We occasionally receive letters in which the
| writers express an intention to stop their country
or village paper, anil take one of our publications
' instead. We always regret to receive such intimai
tions. Wc think n man ought to support his own
I paper first, and then if he can afford to take a paI
per from a distance, let him do so, aud we shall
j be happy to furnish him with the " Life Illustra!
ted." The country press, in our opinion, is the
most important in its effect on the enlightenment
of the nation. It conveys in a thousand rills,
intelligence to nearly every home in the country.
The country press then ought to receive a cordial
support. Every place should try to have its paper
of such character that the people could be justly
proud of it. To this end let them pay promptly,
advertise- libernlly, recommend warmly, and in
every way stnnd by their editors as long as they
conscientiously cau."
FROM EUROPE.
The steamer Cambria, with Liverpool dates to
the 29th, brought no more definite news in regard
to the result of the peace conferences. It
was announced with certainty, however, that all
the points of difference had been arranged, and
that the treaty would be signed in a few days?
probably on the day the Steamer sailed. The
subjoined additional items are of interest:?
Mr. Buchanan would leave for the United States
in the Arago, on the Oth of April.
The opinion gained ground that the conference
would resolve into an European Congress.
The allies were demolishing the enclosures
around Sebastopol.
The French army was dying off at the rate of
over 200 per day.
Parma was in a state of scigc, owing to the frequent
disturbances and assassinations.
Doet Mohammed had taken Caudnbar, and a
Persain army was marching against him.
I "" London Times dislikes the demonstrations
in favor of peace, and thinks the people of England
will not like the terms.
The armistice has not been positively prolonged,
but despatches have been sent that hostilities
must not be renewed except upon express orders.
Peace was considered as virtually concluded,
although a difficulty .had arisen in the conference,
growing out of the demand made by Prussia to
sign the treaty of peace as though she had been
a party to the alliance throughout. Russia sustains
her pretensions, but they were earnestly
resisted by Lord Clarendon, who finally carried his
point.
COPPER IN YORK DISTRICT.
To the Editors of the Enquirer:?
In accordance with your request, to use the columns
of the ENQrinEB in case I might have any
communication to make relative to the mineral
resources of your District, 1 send you the following
paragraphs : begging, however, to leave it to
your judgment to determine whether they may be
of sufficient importance to justify publicity.
A few preliminary observations are necessary.
Towards the end of the last and in the beginning
of this year, I published some articles in the New
York Mining Magazine, a partial translation of
which appeared in a German Mining Journal likewise,
relative to two important groups of Copper
veins which belong exclusively to our Southern
States. The one, which I termed the Ducktown
group, extends, between the Alleghanies and Blue
Ridge, from Virginia, through North Caiolina,
Tennessee and Georgia, to Alabama. The other,
the Carolina group, is found from the Eastern
slope of the Blue Ridge towards the sea-board, as
far as the inetamorphic slates extend. It probably
commences,* likewise, in Virginia; is strongly
marked in both the Carolinas; and I have found it
again, in Alabama. The former group is characterized
by a species of porous, silicious red ironore
(gossan) as the surface outcrop, which exists
in sufficient abundance in many cases to admit of
its being worked for iron; as was the case in Tennessee
and Alabama. Below this, in the veins, we
generally meet with impure black oxide of copper
mixed with the sulphate of the same metal (bluestone,)
which found its origin in the decomposition
and exfiltration of that copper pyrites, from
which the iron hat(as German miners appropriately
term the ferriferous outcrop of veins,) was de!
rived. These mixed pyrites (combinations of the
two metals with sulphur) we find in their undecomposed
state farther down, and generally alone
completely filling the whole of the vein crevice,
j the copper pyrites frequently forming the matrix
j in which ehrystals of the sulphuret of iron are im;
bedded in a porphyroid manner.
I To Mr. Dubv, of Alabama, the credit is due of
having developed this class of veins in that Stale,
while I myself bad the good fortune there to dis!
cover the termination of the Carolina group. The
j latter class of veins abounds in quartz, which forms
gangue-rock. Gold is the metal generally first
met with at the surface; then lead is sometimes
seen in greater or less quantities; (at the Morgan
mine, on Col. Leitner's place in Spartanburg district,
the auriferous portion has been removed, and
lead occurs at the outcrop;) and, finally, on descending
far enough, we come to copper ores, which
first appear in a decomposed state in the shape of
oxides and carbonates, and then in combination
with sulphur and mixed with iron pyrites, while
pyrites assdmes its place among the mineral? constituting
the gangue.
This group is found very extensively in our State.
Julius Friedman, Esq., a graduate of the famous
school of mines at Clausthal in Germany, and a
sound and practical Geologist as well as an experienced
Mining Engineer, enjoys the high honor of
first having discovered copper in veins belonging to
this class, in Pickens District; while I have had
the pleasure of finding it in Richland (in a quantity
so small, however, that as yet it is of scientific
interest only), and, latterly, while panning
for gold, also in Lancaster, near a place called
Bel Air. In Chesterfield, some years since,^1 also
examined veins of this description, which bid fair
at some future day to prove very productive;
while others have found this valuable metal in
Union and Greenville: so that, the cupriferous
area of our State is already proved to be very extensive.
From what has been said it will appear that,
Knoinir nnr i 111torment, nnnn deductions made from
cases already known and established, there could
be no hppes of finding lodes in our State which
would correspond Mineralogically with those
which, in Tennessee and, now as I am gratified to
see, in Alabama, have crowned the energetic labors
of the miners with splendid results; and that we
must remain satisfied with that class alono which
has proved productive in Central Virginia and
North Carolina. Happily, however, it would now
seem as if those veins, which in mineralogical or
geognostic features resemble those of Ducktown,
are not geographically ^confined to the narrow
valley which separates the Blue Ridge from the
Allegauies. At least, I have reason to hope that,
at a point in York District, not far from Wright's
mill, on a hill called " Nannie's Mountain," at no
distant day satisfactory proof will be given that
vein* of this description do exist in our favoured
State. .At this spot, a loose hematite, precisely
resembling the Tennessee and Alabama gossan,
and which produced a very hard iron, was won
and worked till within some forty odd years. The
first high furnace in our Stnte. that of Messrs.
Hill and llayne, established in the last century
where Wright's mill now stands, employed this
ore; and was burnt by the British on their march
to Charlotte, during the revolutionary war, on account
of their being engaged in casting ball? for
the Whigs. Afterwords, bloomeries were erected;
but the ore produced inferior blooms, aud, besides,
timber for fuel became scarce, ami the company
failed.
The vein from which this iron ore was extracted
follows the curve of the ridge, N. 31? E., X. 10? j
E., N. o?E., X. 38? W., N\ 37? W.; and, then, on '
a new ascent, where the chief ore-bed lies, it
strikes X. 10? E., N. 45? K., making a pretty distinct
S. The dip is sometimes vertical; sometimes
(judging from the dip of the country rock, a highly
silicious curite, which passes into <tunrUite and
hornstone and with which, wherever it was possible
to make observations, the vein agrees) inclining
to the S. E., at a high angle which, at the
point where the approach to a horizontal line is
greatest, is B3?. On the top of the mountain,
where the deepest excavation lias been made,
we perceived what miners term a bench" in the
vein?that is, it makes a nearly horizontal offset
to the S. E., so that a shaft sunk on the vertical
back of the vein would soon leave it. The abrupt
precipice on the East affords, however, the
finest facilities for a level (tunnel), which might
at the same time serve as an adit to drain the upper
works, while the vein might be struck at a
depth of 150 to 200 feet.
Should my conjectures prove correct, the benefit
which will accure to your pa-t of the State, if
the mine is properly managed, is almost incalculable.
An entirely new branch of industry thus
brought into play must make its beneficent influence
felt in almost all employments, and give
new nerve and sinew to enterprises ol nil kinds.
Knowing this to be the case 1 strongly urged the
owners of the property to engage in the necessary
experimental opeiations; as the small sum needed
for this wonld scarcely be worth the naming, in
comparison with /the enormous value which this
otherwise worthless property would attain if they
are successful. Should they be able to establish
the fact that this class of copper veins really ex:
i?ts in our State, South Carolina will rank as or.e
of the very first mineral States in the Union.
Sincerely hoping that success may attend these
operations, I remain, not, however, without confessing
that my remarks have spun out far longer
than I intended, my dear sirs, yours most respectfully.
OSCAR M. LIEBER,
Min., Geol., and Agric. Surveyor
o *t- /i if
ui ouuui luruuiui.
Iron Camp, York Dist., April 9, 1856.
copper discoveries in tork.
Messrs. Editors of the Yorkville Enquirer:
0 A few words relative to the discovery of copper
in York District may not be withont some interest,
especially as I was but recently enabled to point
out the probability of such a discovery being made
at a point but a few miles from the one of which
1 am about to speak.
On a place belonging to Mr. Joseph Turner, about
five miles from Yorkville, on the^Cbarlotte
road, a vein of cupriferous quartz is seen, striking
N. 25? W. It makes its chief appearance in the
bed of a branch, where, owing to the preservative
influence of the water, fine copper pyTites (an ore
containing about 88 per cent, of the pure metal)
presents itself immediately under the soil, at a
depth of from one to four feet from the surface.?
The promise is remarkably fine, and the prospect
that soon a valuable mine will be worked here,
more than encouraging. The vein will, when fairly
opened, be about three or four feet in diameter,
and its continuation can be traced over a considerable
extent of ground. Striking into this,
so that they will soon meet, is another vein, N. 86?
W., 18 feet in thickness; while a third, striking
N. 37E., join* this on the top of a hill. It is
likewise 18 feet in diameter. The quartz of these
is of an auriferous and less solid nature than that
of the first: but it is almost a certainty that, at
; water level, they will also prove to be copper
! lodes.
The actual existence of copper being thus estabI
lished, the probability that this valuable mineral
| will be found in the vein on Nannie's Mountain,
j recently spoken of in another article, becomes
I still greater; and we need scarcely entertain a
doubt that York will soon furnish the market of
our State with an article which has never before
been exported from her borders.
Trusting that these discoveries may speedily be
! made available to the commercial world, I remain,
I gentlemen.
Respectfully, vours.
OSCAR M. LIEBER,
.Min., Geol., an<l Agric. Surveyor
of the Stale.
; Cammtrrial ftpartmfirt.
Yorkville Markets.
I Reported Expressly for the Yorkville Enquirer by
! Thomas Duvif* 4" Co., Grocers and Produce
Jlealers.
Apbil 17.
Cotton.?The last n "ival from Liverpool, quoting
the cotton markt. rru, has had no perceptible
effect here. The uemand is lively, and the
limited quantities on sale readily command prices
ranging from 81 to 10J. A very fine article would
reach a shade higher figure.
Flour.?The price of flour continues to decline,
and the demand is but moderate. We quote from
S3 @ $31 according to quality.
Grain.? Wheat nlso continues dull. The small
! quantities offeiingarc token at $1.00 per bushel.
| Corn is in good demand, at from 55 to 621 cents
y bushel. Meal, very little in market, at 60 (a;
I 021; Oats, 85 @ 37; Peat, 50 ? 60.
Groceries.?Groceries of all kinds are yet very
j high. We continue our former quotations, howj
ever, with the remark that a further advance is
noticed on Coffee in the foreign market: Sugar,
brown, 12?; refined, 14; crushed and loaf, 14.?
I Coffee, Rio, 14 ? ICjj; Java, 20 ? 25. Molasses,
N. 0., 65; West-India, CO. Mackerel, $6.50 per
half barrel, No 3 ; whole barrel No. 2, $14. Salt,
$2.50, per sack. Rice, $5.50 per bushel. Cheese,
20 cents. Candles, Sperm, 50 ? 62; adamantine
37: tallow, 25.
Columbia Market.
I ArniL 14.
Cotton.?Vie stated at the close of our last report
that the news from Liverpool by the Asia had
just come to hand, and also that they had no material
effect on prices in our market. The week
now under review opened with the same good
and active demand which had characterized it during
the previous wee'", and up to Tuesday evening
prices continued firm at our previous quotations.
On Wednesday, however, a better demand sprang
up, and in the course of that and the following day
prices advanced, especially on the finer grades, a
full }c on our previous quotations. Friday and
Saturday were also active days for the article,
and the market on the latter day closed firm at
the following quotations, viz: Inferior 9@9$; ordinary
9?@9J; middling 9$@9\; good middling
10@10$; fair 10$@10f; ana choice 10$ cents.?
The sales of the week comprise about 2,400 bales.
Bacon.?The stock of bacon on sale is ample for
the demand, and the market is quiet but steady.
We still quote 10$@10$ or hog round; sides 10$
@10$ and hams 11@11$, according to quality.
Corn.?The stock of corn on sale is large, and
consequently there is no advance in prices. We
therefore continue to quote 70@76c ^ bushel.
Oats.?The article of oats is very much neglected,
and consequently prices are nominal. We still
quote 42@45c bushel.
Peas.?As there is always a good demand for
cow peas they freely command our formor quotations
of 75@80c bushel.
Flour.-?'The stock of common and middling